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tribune february 3 1988 c9 musician trades stage for classroom from stage to classroom stan szymkow a grade 8 teacher at st marks catholic school shows his performing style on the saxaphone the welland native used to perform professionally but gave up the life of a musician to teach full time blaine kaneko by blaine kaneko stan szymkow an accom plished professional musician is playing a different tune these days as teacher at st marks catholic school the days of sporadic concert bookings and infreqcunt pay are over but it hasnt kept the former welland resident from perform ing and if indeed all the world is a stage mr szymkow has found a captivated audience of 28 grade- eight students its a challenge and a pleasure for the firstyear teacher im responsible for these stu dents development as a teacher i am their mentor friend and psychologist for a good part of the year says mr szymkow a teacher spends more time with the students than their parents do this is my family the biggest family i have ever had and as one big family mr szymkow isnt hesitant to discuss any topic with his students any thing from career choices to lifes biological changes to the death of a close relative and de spite his 19years of performing professionally mr szymkow admits it is difficult to hide any thing from his students if youre having a bad day the students know about it they can tell but if you can show them en thusiasm for a subject and tell the students you are not perfect and dont pretend to be perfect you can gain their respect the 32yearold szymkow haclnt really thought of teaching until twoyears ago as a profes sional saxophone player per forming everything from jazz to the polka he toured with a band all through southern ontario to supplement his modest income mr szymkow taught music on the side it may have been that im petus in teaching which led him to enroll in the graduate teachers program at western university and while he has only been a teacher with the york region ro man catholic separate school board for less than one year it has not been without incident mr szymkow said the most memor able incident occurred after teaching a math lesson then to his dismay having one of his stu dents tell him he made a mistake and having to teach the lesson over and although stan szymkow no longer performs for the applause of the crowd he says his biggest reward after a lesson these days is to hear the words sir i under stand now afh lollilf wa bl bi wfmj n n ra h in the new year put yowr figure to the test your child can improve classroom performance we develop the selfconfidence organiza tional skills and motivation needed individual and group instruction in all subjects for more information call 2948757 today centre for learning skills suite 203 southeast corner highway 7 and mccowsn 1 2in a bikini i look like o at lunch hour i usually physically i feel a a fete i te tee d a ok of chafes angek d awihedibig bll- d bmsnbiw 0 m fe ofe hey cs3inanjg d c ang d b spliryitxitug c annewrejaijrar6ieo 4 5 after work i usually since leaving school i have atpfcro- b ipfccdnrwt- c go lor broke a lost a pound or two b losi my wpour c led al hope d d d youf score allow 18 for each a 12 for each b 15 for each c with 90 you need a little smoothing 7590 you need a lot 6075 drop that milkshake and come right down be our guest enjoy a 1 week complimentary program or use coupon for membership discount mareham village enter at lower level 144 main street tyortii markham village lanes markham ontario telephone 2947764 sat 900 am10o pm sun 100500 pm men wed fri 730 am90 pm tues thurs 900 am9o0 pm membership discount chorapyintmentj947764j maiwum kuimum as imw shopping centre v price sale one week only all items in store l price except paperbacks comics all comics 20 off february 17 both locations cash only 0 25iiyoncesttohontoora m4psh94ks0mj